tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post3951498370193930416..comments2024-03-04T07:33:09.398-05:00Comments on The Phillies Room: Getting Closer to T206 Phillies Team SetJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161762602291616465noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post-78480093254981132442019-10-03T10:50:31.620-04:002019-10-03T10:50:31.620-04:00According to the Trading Card Database, there are ...According to the Trading Card Database, there are 27 (!) Dodgers/Superbas cards and only 13 Red Sox cards. <br /><br />Steve - The original "ask" for the Titus card was $185 . . . which I actually thought was a pretty good price based on what I had seen before for the card. I was happy to get the card, along with the other 2, for what I felt was a fair price and the dealer came away pleased too.<br /><br />Great story about 'Socks' Holden!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161762602291616465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post-7692388931091250542019-09-18T22:02:00.904-04:002019-09-18T22:02:00.904-04:00Without giving away the whole purchase price deal ...Without giving away the whole purchase price deal you made, how much was the dealer asking for John Titus? It's surprising how much higher that card is than the rest of the commons--you can find some good discussions of it on various baseball card boards.<br /><br />Titus is one of two ex-Phillies from St. Clair, PA (population 2,856--birthplace of my mom and home for most of the 90 years starting in 1917 to my maternal grandparents). The other is Joe "Socks" Holden, who was a friend and neighbor of my grandparents and also was the father of US Congressman Tim Holden. He never had a card issued, but I do have a signed Rowe postcard of him. Also, for many years Socks was an independent insurance agent, and my grandfather used a bottle opener that said "Compliments of Joe 'Socks' Holden" on it--I wish I had that! I once asked my grandfather about John Titus, but he had never heard of him. Titus died during WWII, and I guess fighting the Japanese was a bigger concern for my grandfather back then.Steve F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00753488569249068229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post-51587324995299243632019-09-18T20:11:46.202-04:002019-09-18T20:11:46.202-04:00That's awesome. I really need to see what it w...That's awesome. I really need to see what it would take to make a run at the Red Sox team set!Section 36https://www.blogger.com/profile/18194098940017348361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post-5374152657212313562019-09-18T11:52:45.841-04:002019-09-18T11:52:45.841-04:00Very cool. I don't know when I'll start ch...Very cool. I don't know when I'll start checking out the Dodgers available from this set but I'm looking forward to it.night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com